Paddy procurement has not yet begun here due to non-cooperation of rice millers even though district administration declared that the process would start from December 2.

The Yamuna, which flows through the city of Delhi and provides drinking water to millions of its inhabitants, has been given the short shrift by four main contending political parties — the Congres

The state government is yet to initiate steps for the safe handling of waste generated from hospitals, medical health institutions, colleges and university laboratories.

The indiscriminate disposal of waste generated from government medical institutions in the district has become a major health hazard and risk to human population.

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), Vaniyambadi unit, on Tuesday ordered the closure of a Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) run by the Ambur Tannery Effluent Treatment Company Limi

Mumbai: The state fisheries department has set up a committee to study the effects of industrial pollution on fish in Maharashtra’s coastal waters.

In a government resolution, the fisheries department has directed the study of waters at creeks, estuaries and the sea to ascertain the effect of pollution on fish and how it has impacted the livelihood of the fishing community.

Water pollution being caused by some steel industrial units in the town is playing havoc with the health of people here.

About 70 people were taken ill after a sulphuric acid leak at a chemical company in California late on Monday, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said.

JAIPUR: Untreated industrial and domestic effluent has turned rivers in Rajasthan into chemical-laden toxic 'nullahs' that are adversely affecting the ground water and health of people living aroun

Industrial Units Suspected To Be Pouring Poisonous Chemicals Into Drains, Rivers

A Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) monitoring team caught three tankers carrying a hazardous chemical — Spent Acid — for illegal disposal near Gujcomasol on Vatva-Narol road. Even after strict directions from GPCB to not dispose more than 3,000MGL of the chemical without treatment, many units in Vatva seem to continue disposing of H acid, vinyl sulfone, NMJ acid, FC acid, MPDSA, D.A.S.A, D.A.S.D.A effluents in volumes of 25,000 to 50,000 MGL into drainage system and rivers without processing. This severely degrades the environmental conditions of the region.